SCC Center for Teaching and Learning

The SCC CTL is running its first offering of “Let’s Get Accessible” training for faculty FPG (Faculty Professional Growth).

We all hear about what accessibility is and why. But most of our faculty are never trained on how to actually do it themselves. That’s what this course is about.

This workshop will be offered again in the Fall semester.

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Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!

Take a moment to read the newest CTL Blog post, "Pull Back the Curtain."

Pull Back the Curtain Pull Back the Curtain Get link Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Other Apps - May 03, 2023  Higher education often assumes that our students can figure out how the skills they learn in one context transfer to a different one. This assumption is faulty, and it’s not because our students aren’t sm...

Check out the new post from the CTL's The Points Don't Matter blog about Retaining Students.

Retaining Students Retaining Students Get link Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Other Apps - April 10, 2023 The Completion By Design Loss/Momentum Framework helps colleges take a systems-level view and  identify where students stumble, become sidetracked, and drop out of college. One core idea of this framework is th...

Take a few minutes to check out the new The Point Don't Matter blog post about Retaining Students.

Retaining Students Retaining Students Get link Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Other Apps - April 10, 2023 The Completion By Design Loss/Momentum Framework helps colleges take a systems-level view and  identify where students stumble, become sidetracked, and drop out of college. One core idea of this framework is th...

One of the important parts of teaching is creating a community between you and your students, and between students. This can increase student engagement and can establish a sense of belonging for each student, which can help with their persistence. This should start on the first day of class and continue throughout the semester.

This article is from an instructor who did just that with her class. Her class is in-person, but the concepts can be applied to online, live online, or hybrid courses as well. Please take a few moments to read the article.

Begin the Semester with Classroom Community Building Activities to Increase Student Engagement The importance of integrating community building activities for students to participate in and feel safe and comfortable.

"Overcoming obstacles, allows us to gain a sense of accomplishment and confidence in our abilities."

This is a great line in today's CTL Blog post about Promoting Struggle. Please take a few minutes to read the post.

Promoting Struggle Promoting Struggle Get link Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Other Apps - February 28, 2023 Struggle is a critical component of the learning process, according to a wealth of research in the field of educational psychology. Studies have shown that students who experience cognitive struggle during le...

Discussion boards are one of the most used assessments in online learning communities. A discussion area is a place for students to interact and participate in meaningful conversations with each other and the instructor. Discussion boards are instrumental in engaging students in the learning process and creating a diverse learning community. This brief article discusses how to make discussions authentic and not transactional.

The Discussion Board: How Faculty Can Make Discussions Authentic and Not Transactional | Faculty Focus If used correctly, the discussion board can combat the notion that college is simply a transactional event and put the focus back on learning.